CusTimer vs Colored Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CusTimer
This highly customizable timer app offers speech reminders, second-by-second beeps, and custom "time's up" messages. It features a large display, elegant fonts, cool animations, and supports timer, stopwatch, and clock modes in four languages.
- Customizable timer settings
- Speech reminders and messages
- Second-by-second beep sounds
- Countdown in last few seconds
- Large, full-screen time display
- Timer, Stopwatch, and Clock modes
- Multi-language speech support
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Want a timer that reminds you, with speech, how much time is left? Or a timer that produces little "beep" sounds every second? Maybe one that can do a countdown in the last few seconds? Or a timer that, instead of playing a sound effect when it finishes, verbalize a custom "time is up" message? Then this is the app for YOU! CusTimer, as the name suggests, is a highly customizable timer app. You can customize your own timer settings in numerous ways: - Whether or not to start a countdown during the last few seconds of the timer - Whether or not to produce beep sounds every second - When time is up, verbalize a message or play a sound - Custom "time is up" messages - Set (regular or not) reminders that reminds you how much time is left - Custom reminder messages Other than the customizations mentioned above, CusTimer has various other features too: - The remaining time is written in a super large font that fills the screen of your device - Highly customisable - 3 modes: Timer, Stopwatch, and Clock - Supports speech in four languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese - Elegant fonts! - Cool animations
Colored Timer
This utility app allows users to set up multiple timers that visually change color as time progresses. Define custom "Timer events" to associate specific colors with different time intervals. A pro version offers more timers and color options.
- Color-changing background
- Configurable timer events
- Multiple simultaneous timers
- Pro version for more timers
- Customizable colors
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Colored Timer is a configurable timer that changes its background color as time passes. The colors can be defined as "Timer events". Up to three timers can be used at the same time in Colored Timer. Use Colored Timer Pro for up to 10 timers with unlimited colors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CusTimer at 100% against Colored Timer's 50%. CusTimer also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Colored Timer's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CusTimer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colored Timer has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CusTimer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Colored Timer's.
CusTimer ships an update every 2 weeks, Colored Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CusTimer | Colored Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiu Cheng | Sven Bergmann |
Customer experience
CusTimer
Colored Timer
In-app purchases
CusTimer
No in-app purchases
Colored Timer
No in-app purchases
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